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(4) 1 Moses [Drawn out] and the elders of Israel [God prevails] enjoined the people, saying, “Keep all the
mitzvot ·instructions· and statutes which I enjoin you today.
2 It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Jordan [Descender] to the land which
Adonai your God gives you, that you shall set yourself up great stones, and coat them with plaster.
3 You shall write on them all the words of this
Torah ·Teaching·, when you have passed over; that you may go in to the land which
Adonai your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as
Adonai , the God of your fathers, has promised you.
4 It shall be, when you have crossed over the Jordan [Descender], that you shall set up these stones, which I enjoin you today, on Mount Ebal, and you shall coat them with plaster.
5 There you shall build an altar to
Adonai your God, an altar of stones. You shall not use any iron tool on them.
6 You shall build
Adonai your God’s altar of uncut stones. You shall offer burnt offerings on it to
Adonai your God.
7 You shall sacrifice peace offerings, and shall eat there. You shall rejoice before
Adonai your God.
8 You shall write on the stones all the words of this
Torah ·Teaching· very plainly.”
9 Moses [Drawn out] and the priests the Levites [Descendants of United with] spoke to all Israel [God prevails], saying, “Be silent, and sh'ma ·hear obey·, Israel [God prevails]! Today you have become the people of Adonai your God. 10 You shall therefore sh'ma ·hear obey· Adonai your God’s voice, and do his instructions and his statutes, which I enjoin you today.”
(5) 11 Moses [Drawn out] enjoined the people the same day, saying, 12 “These shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have crossed over the Jordan [Descender]: Simeon [Hearing], Levi [United with], Judah [Praised], Issachar [Hire, Reward], Joseph [May he add], and Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south]. 13 These shall stand on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben [See, a son!], Gad [Good fortune], Asher [Happy], Zebulun [Living together], Dan [He judged], and Naphtali [My wrestling]. 14 With a loud voice, the Levites [Descendants of United with] shall say to all the men of Israel [God prevails], 15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Adonai , the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’
All the people shall answer and say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
16 ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’
All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
17 ‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’
All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
18 ‘Cursed is he who leads the blind astray on the road.’
All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds mishpat ·justice· from the foreigner, orphan, and widow.’
All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
20 ‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he dishonors his father’s bed.’
‘All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
21 ‘Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.’
‘All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
22 ‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter.’
‘All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
23 ‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’
‘All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
24 ‘Cursed is he who secretly kills his neighbor.’
‘All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
25 ‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’
All the people shall say, ‘
Amen ·So be it·.’
26 ‘Cursed is he who does not uphold the words of this Torah ·Teaching· by doing them.’ [a]
